Coco Gauff vs Paula BadosaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Coco Gauff
#5 · 22 yrs · Right-Handed
9 meetings · sets 9–12
🇪🇸Paula Badosa
#58 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
Coco Gauff and Paula Badosa have met 9 times since 2021; Paula Badosa leads 5–4. Their first meeting came at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells in 2021 on hard. On hard courts they are level 3–3. On clay courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Gauff has taken 9 sets to Badosa's 12. Their most recent meeting: Coco Gauff won at U.S. Open - New York (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Gauff | Badosa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Coco Gauff | Paula Badosa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 30/49 | 74% | 20/27 |
| Wins a set when losing | 75% | 12/16 | 39% | 7/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 48% | 31/65 | 31% | 14/45 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 29/55 | 51% | 19/37 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 89% | 8/9 | 38% | 3/8 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 65% | 11/17 | 50% | 7/14 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 37/41 | 88% | 21/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 30/41 | 83% | 20/24 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 6 of 9 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Gauff 2, Badosa 4).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Gauff
👑 The Complete Package
Badosa
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,271 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
9 career meetings, newest first
Sep 4, 2026
U.S. Open - New York
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jun 17, 2026
Berlin Tennis Open - Berlin
G Grass · 2nd Round
Jan 21, 2025
Australian Open - Melbourne
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Oct 5, 2024
China Open - Beijing
H Hard · Semifinals
May 13, 2024
Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome
C Clay · 4th Round
Apr 29, 2023
Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid
C Clay · 3rd Round
Aug 5, 2022
Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Feb 23, 2022
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha
H Hard · 3rd Round
Oct 11, 2021
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 3rd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Gauff | Badosa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Coco Gauff | Paula Badosa | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 19/19 | 93% | 13/14 |
| 3 or more | 74% | 14/19 | 64% | 9/14 |
| 5 or more | 37% | 7/19 | 21% | 3/14 |
| 10 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/14 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Gauff | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 16–3 | 10–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.30 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | +4.6% | -3.7% |
| Units P/L | +0.88u | -0.52u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Gauff | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 3 | 6 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 10,936 mi · 17,599 km |
| Route | ROU | BRA → ROU |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Gauff has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Badosa's 22%).
| Opponent | Gauff | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Rybakina | L 63 46 46 | L 36 26 |
| Iva Jovic | W 61 64 | L 26 16 |
| Marie Bouzkova | W 63 62 | L 63 36 46 |
| Maria Sakkari | W 61 64 | W 63 64 |
| Kayla Day | W 62 75 | W 64 63 |
| Mayar Sherif | W 63 62 | L 67 76 46 |
| Linda Noskova | L 46 61 67 | L 16 36 |
| Elina Svitolina | L 46 76 26 | L |
| Anna Kalinskaya | W 64 64 | L 46 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Elise Mertens
China Open - Beijing · 4th Round
Oct 7
Xinran Sun
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round
Oct 5
Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Elena Rybakina
U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals
Sep 11
Mirra Andreeva
U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals
Sep 9
Iva Jovic
U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round
Sep 8
Cristina Bucsa
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round
Sep 5
Paula Badosa
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Jelena Ostapenko
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Daria Kasatkina
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Nadia Podoroska
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Semifinals
Sep 19
Mary Stoiana
SP Open - Sao Paulo · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Jazmin Ortenzi
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Justina Mikulskyte
SP Open - Sao Paulo · 1st Round
Sep 16
Coco Gauff
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 4
Daria Kasatkina
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 45–65 matches
| Metric | Gauff | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 75% | 60% |
| Sets won | 68% | 59% |
| Games won | 57% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Gauff | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
| WTA 500 | 0 | 2 |
| WTA 1000 | 3 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Gauff | Badosa |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 3 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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